Chapter 170 Thank you WE!
February 12th.
On the final match day of the second week of the 2017 LPL Spring Split, at around 5 p.m., everyone from LG, who was full of energy, took a bus to the top floor of the Super Brand Plaza to prepare for their fourth Bo3 game this season.
This game has attracted much attention from the outside world, not only because the LG team has won 3 consecutive victories and has not lost a small game, but also because the personnel changes in today's game are extremely shocking.
In fact, as early as the beginning of spring, many interested people discovered that there was an additional player on the LG team's roster with a very familiar ID - TheShy.
At first, fans thought that they bought this young player for the sake of future talent reserves. After all, their own "Boss Lin" and "Lite-On" Flashlight were born in 1996, and they also took a leave of absence from school to play professionally. Then I retired and went back to study.
After arriving at the LG Club, TheShy started the live broadcast normally like other players. Because of his shy character, he got a nickname - Shy Man.
Just when the outside world thought that TheShy would sit firmly on the bench in the LG team, slowly waiting for its growth and gradually taking over Flashlight's top lane position, on the evening of February 11, the list of LG's match against WE was announced, and TheShy was actually on it!
The first reaction of LG fans who saw this news was to explode. After all, Flashlight is the soul of this team. Nine out of ten people are here for Flashlight. Now you tell me that you have changed people?
But then I thought, this is wrong. There are two Koreans in the jungle, and a Korean in the middle who has not yet obtained the status of a local LPL player. Although TheShy is registered in the LPL, is it a bit too much for you to play three Koreans?
Well, if you look carefully, it turns out that the monkey in the middle has been replaced, and our Lite-On has gone to play in the middle.
That's okay.
Hongmi initially refused this act of playing games. After all, his plan was for the team to play steadily and hone enough tactical reserves in the regular season to cope with the playoffs and look forward to MSI.
Although the regular season has just entered the second round, Redmi is already studying the playoffs and even MSI opponents.
After all, with the configuration and status of our team, if we really say that we don’t have the ambition to go to MSI and compete with the top seed in LCK for the title of “No. 1 in the world”, it would definitely be a lie.
He originally thought that Lin Qiguang bought TheShy to cultivate future successors to the top lane position. Although he didn't really like TheShy's style of top laner, but having such a piece of raw jade in his hands, Hongmi I was really moved.
His idea at the time was to train this shy little top laner well so that he could live up to Boss Lin's high salary and cultivate a world-class top laner for the LG team who could take over Boss Lin's position!
In the end, you told me that I bought TheShy to trade with EDG and to make money?
What a fuck!
On the other side, WE lounge.
The match between VG and GT was ongoing, but Team WE had no intention of watching the match. Instead, after entering the lounge, head coach HooN began pre-match analysis and discussed BP and tactics with the players.
This is WE's third game this season. Previously, they defeated NB and lost to EDG. They originally had no confidence in the Bo3 against LG, but when they saw that the LG team was going to do something exciting, they became more alert.
"LG's starting top laner TheShy today is, after all, just a member of our WE youth training. He has only had the opportunity to play in the CK League before, and his record is still dismal."
"His personal style is very Rank-oriented, and his Chinese proficiency is very poor. He cannot communicate well with the team, so it is easy to lose touch with the team after entering the transfer period."
"And our WE lineup has been working together for so long, and the level of tacit understanding is definitely not comparable to theirs, so I believe - in this Bo3, I have the advantage!"
Head coach HooN first gave a passionate speech, and then analyzed the pros and cons of his players one by one against the LG team.
Before going on stage, he even pulled the mid laner Xiye aside alone and gave him chicken soup for the soul:
"Xiye, what you are facing today is not a regular mid laner, but the world's number one top laner. But it doesn't matter, just think of him as Faker, bravely fight with him, don't be afraid of being killed alone, Don’t care about winning or losing, even if you kill him once, you will get cheers from the audience, understand?”
Xiye was stunned for a moment by what HooN said, especially when he heard the words "Just think of him as Faker", an inexplicable flame of fighting spirit suddenly ignited in his heart.
"He is Faker, I want to kill him alone. He is Faker, I want to kill him alone."
Xiye was mumbling something until he came on stage. When Kangdi, the son of the dragon, came closer to listen, he suddenly felt that his good brother Xiye was possessed, and decided to take him to have fun after work to relieve stress.
What the hell, why is it Faker?
"Okay, welcome back, what you are watching now is the match scene on the fourth day of the second week of the LPL 2017 Spring Split, WE versus LG!"
After Changmao finished his opening remarks, Guan Zeyuan immediately answered: "Yes, this game is also the last Bo3 of the week. WE had one win and one loss before, while LG had three consecutive wins and one consecutive loss. No small field is lost.”
"It seems that there is a gap in strength between the two teams, but LG boldly brought in a newcomer TheShy as the starting top laner today. In order to respect the employment rules, the original starting mid laner Doinb was also replaced, and the original starting mid laner Doinb was replaced. Single Flashlight to hit the unit ”
Seeing Guan Zeyuan looking at her, Su Xiaoyan also took over the topic and said: "Yes, we can't predict the effect of the LG team's substitution this time, but it may be good news for WE."
"Whether the LG team continues to maintain its unbeaten myth, or WE seizes the opportunity to win, let us wait and see!"
At 19:00 on the evening of the 12th, the match between WE and LG officially kicked off.
In the player stands, LG’s team voice was still full of joy.
"Orange Deer, how about my brother helping you win the first game?"
Little Peanut is the one who laughs the most, because although he was older than Clid, Xiao Ming, and Ah Shui before, he has never been able to enjoy the treatment of "big brother" because of his play.
It wasn't until TheShy, who spoke very poor Chinese and was very shy, arrived that he finally enjoyed the feeling of being called "Brother".
Hongmi also came behind TheShy and said to him: "In the first game, let's be steady first. I'll give you Maokai and get used to the rhythm of the LPL game."
TheShy nodded: "Hu, Maokai is ok, Wo likes to grow the most."
The first round of bans ended quickly. The three bans of WE on the blue side were Qinggangying, Mantis, and Spider, and the three bans of LG on the red side were Poodle, Enchantress, and Malzahar.
WE's first-hand selection was very conventional, and they picked Jhin, who has very good output ability and functionality.
LG also quickly locked in the heroes and took down Big Tree and Verus on the first and second floors respectively.
Then WE's second and third-hand choices were Nanqiang and Zyra, while LG's third-hand player was Karma.
Entering the second round of bans, WE banned Spider and Jace for Peanut, and targeted Peanut's influence pool, as well as Flashlight's possible line dominance Jace in the middle.
On the LG side, the last two ban positions were completely placed on Xiye, banning Enchantress and Syndra.
"In this case, there will not be many jungle heroes that Little Peanut can choose. The blind monk has been weakened a bit now. It is difficult to fight against the male gun in the jungle. Is it the excavator?" Guan Zeyuan analyzed.
Su Xiaoyan flipped through her notes, "In the two days after defeating VG, Peanut used Ivern extensively as a jungler in the Korean server rankings. He won 7 in 11 games. It is not ruled out that Redmi will choose Ivern for him. possible.”
Guan Zeyuan shook his head: "That's impossible! Peanut is recognized around the world as the pinnacle representative of carnivorous junglers. A player with an extremely strong desire to attack would never choose a pure support player like Ivern. The hero of the role, I think.”
Before he finished speaking, JackeyLove on the fourth floor locked the "Emerald God" - Ivern.
Guan Zeyuan: "."
[Tell me a joke - "Absolutely Impossible"^.^]
[Guan Zeyuan has great breasts! But who would have thought that Peanut could actually produce such a hero with almost zero offensive ability in the wild? 】
[Su Xiaoyan: This is the importance of taking notes, do you understand? 】
[What did LG choose for this lineup? Go up to the big tree and fight Ivern in the jungle. Doesn't this male gun directly destroy your jungle? 】
In WE's voice, Condi had already begun to urge fiercely: "What do you mean by Su Wangzai, let's get Yasuo to fight him hard?"
Mystic didn't fully understand the meaning of Condi's words, but he understood the words "Yasuo", so he really showed off Yasuo.
Sure enough, the audience who saw this scene immediately started making noise, shouting for Xiye to take Yasuo.
The coach HooN behind him also gave encouragement: "Xiye, believe in yourself, no matter what you choose, I will support you, okay?"
Xiye nodded, but still felt that it was too outrageous to take Yasuo at the beginning. "Be careful, take Kassadin. Opposite Ivern and our male guns will casually enter the jungle. We will fight them when they are developed later."
"Okay, take Kassadin, Ben, help 957 choose carefully."
WE locked four or five hands, "Void Walker" Kassadin and "Eye of Twilight" Shen.
Seeing the opponent taking out mid laner Kassadin, a big question mark suddenly appeared in Lin Qiguang's head.
No, how dare he?
Because Little Peanut chooses Ivern as jungler, he feels that his own jungler's male gun has unlimited advantages. He thinks that he can develop in the middle lane without pressure, so he can delay the late game at will?
He originally thought that if Xiye chose Ryze, he would be more difficult to beat.
As a result, you picked up a level 1 Kassadin with only 19 points of basic armor first?
Good choice!
After communicating with Redmi and Xiao Ming on the fifth floor for a few seconds, LG’s last choice was officially unveiled to the world.
With the selection of this hero, there was a burst of warm cheers at the scene, and the director even very wisely switched the BGM on the scene and in the live broadcast channel.
"Here it comes, locked! Lancer Lucian!"
"The owner of the champion skin, the FMVP of the S6 Global Finals, finally presented this long-awaited hero for the first time in the LPL!"
"Thank you WE!" (End of Chapter)